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CSMaP informs public discourse in the digital age. See a selection of news stories citing our experts.
Media Inquiries
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Newsweek: Why Creating a Liberal Twitter Alternative is Doomed to Fail
Joshua A. Tucker discusses Elon Musk's Twitter takeover and what would happen if liberal users flee the platform.
April 26, 2022
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Al Jazeera English: Elon Musk’s Twitter deal stirs free speech, disinformation debate
Zeve Sanderson discusses the pros and cons of Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter.
April 25, 2022
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Undark Magazine: Why Researchers Want Broader Access to Social Media Data
Joshua A. Tucker explains why researchers need more access to social media data to better understand the impact of platforms on society.
April 18, 2022
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Mashable: The public doesn't agree with Elon Musk's 'freedom of speech' Twitter crusade
Jonathan Nagler discusses a new study showing a strong majority of Americans want social media companies to take action to reduce the spread of misinformation.
April 15, 2022
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Spectrum News: Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share
Joshua A. Tucker discusses the implications Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter has on content moderation and free speech.
April 14, 2022
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The Guardian: Harsh truth: Trump’s social media app follows long line of failed ventures
Joshua A. Tucker explains why Truth Social seems to be failing.
April 9, 2022
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BBC: Trump's Truth Social app branded a disaster
Joshua A. Tucker discusses the flawed roll out of Trump's new social media app.
April 3, 2022
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MSNBC: Female journalists face gender-based online harassment
Megan A. Brown talks to MSNBC about our recent studying showing spikes in online harassment against female journalists after prominent media attacks.
April 1, 2022
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Social Media and Politics Podcast: Social Media and the War in Ukraine, with Prof. Joshua Tucker
Joshua A. Tucker discusses social media's impact on the invasion of Ukraine and how "information theaters" differ across the West, Ukraine, Russia, and China.
March 27, 2022
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NewsNation: Should Reuters continue to partner with a Russian-owned news agency?
Joshua A. Tucker joins Dan Abrams Live to discuss why Reuters is being criticized for partnering with TASS.
March 22, 2022
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The Washington Post: Social platforms’ bans muffle Russian state media propaganda
A Washington Post analysis using CSMaP data finds that traffic to state media sites tanked on YouTube and Facebook following action by the companies.
March 16, 2022
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Wisconsin Public Radio: Combating misinformation from the Russian war on Ukraine
Joshua A. Tucker looks at how misinformation spreads and how it's influencing the conflict in Eastern Europe.
March 15, 2022
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Brut: How Russian media is covering the war in Ukraine
Joshua A. Tucker talks about the difference between Russian and western media coverage of the war.
March 5, 2022
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Bloomberg: Putin Propaganda Machine Undercut by Social Media Blackout
Joshua A. Tucker talks about efforts to block Russian propaganda on social media.
March 4, 2022
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Mashable: In the Russia-Ukraine information war, encrypted messaging apps provide opportunity and risk
Joshua A. Tucker analyzes how encrypted apps both help spread and stop disinformation.
March 2, 2022
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Popular Science: How tech companies are pushing back against Russia
Joshua A. Tucker talks about measures social media platforms are taking to stop Russian propaganda.
March 1, 2022
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The Washington Post: As Ukraine misinformation rages, Twitter’s fact-checking tool is a no-show
Joshua A. Tucker discusses a CSMaP paper on the efficacy of crowd-sourced fact checking.
March 1, 2022
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Tech Policy Press: Researchers Detail Use of Bots to Quash Russian Opposition, Cheerlead for Putin
Coverage of our recent paper on Russia's use of bots to respond to opposition activities.
February 22, 2022
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TIME: Why Trump's TRUTH Social Platform Will Struggle to Compete With Mainstream Social Media
Joshua A. Tucker discusses the future of Trump's new social media platform.
February 15, 2022
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Podcast: Why Are We So Angry?
Joshua A. Tucker joins a new podcast to discuss whether there is a deep fundamental divide within our country.
February 15, 2022
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Democracy Nerd Podcast: Americans are "awful" at spotting fake news
Jonathan Nagler discusses social media's impact on democracy, the fallout of the Facebook Papers, and explains why Americans are awful at identifying fake news.
February 7, 2022
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Utah Public Radio's UnDisciplined Podcast: Dog whistlers
Megan A. Brown discusses recent research about spikes in gender-based online violence after prominent media attacks.
February 3, 2022
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San Francisco Examiner: Can California’s Devin Nunes help Trump slay Facebook and Twitter?
Joshua A. Tucker talks about the challenges that Trump’s app faces.
January 20, 2022
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The Washington Post: Pro-Trump influencers flocked to alternative social networks. Their follower counts stalled soon after.
Megan A. Brown talks about the effects of deplatforming political figures online.
January 20, 2022
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NPR: Why is the 'Big Lie' proving so hard to dispel?
Joshua A. Tucker talks about political sectarianism and how it makes it difficult for people to dispel misinformation because they become impervious to facts.
January 4, 2022